Geoffrey Martin, Ph.D.
Division of Humanities
History
Education
- Ph.D. in History, The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Dissertation Title: "Mozarab Readers of the Bible, from the Cordoban Martyrs to the Glossa Ordinaria" - M.A. in History, The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
- B.S. in History, Northern Michigan University
Practice Areas
I am a historian of medieval Iberia and intellectual history. My research to date
has focused upon Arabic-speaking Christians in Iberia and their turn to both Arab-Islamic
and Latinate thought. I am currently preparing a monograph which focuses upon the
Latin and Arabic manuscripts of these Christians, including their Latin Bibles, biblical
commentaries, and an Arabic translation of Latin canon law which informed their religious
life. I am also preparing a lengthy article on the same canon law translation, and
have made an initial transcription of Book 8, which I hope to eventually publish as
an edition.
I teach a course on Medieval Spain at Saint Louis University-Madrid. I have also taught
courses on pre-modern travelers, and on biography and autobiography in the pre-modern
world.
Publications and Media Placements
Select Publications:
Articles
"An Arabic-Speaking Christian and his Latin Grammar in High Medieval Spain," Collectanea Christiana Orientalia 18 (2021): pp. 177- 215.
Edited Volumes
Canon Law and Christian Societies between Christianity and Islam: an Arabic Canon
Collection from al-Andalus and its Transcultural Contexts. Eds. Matthias Maser, Jesús Lorenzo Jiménez, and Geoffrey K. Martin. Turnhout: Brepols,
2024.
"An Anonymous Mozarab Translator at Work," in Senses of Scripture, Treasures of Tradition. Ed. Miriam L. Hjälm. Leiden: Brill Press, 2017: 125-52.